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J. T. SMITH.

FASTENER FOR UMBRELLAS OR. OTHER ARTICLES.

No. 392,888. Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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' J AMES T. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FASTENER FOR UMBRELLAS OR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,888, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed July 20, 1888. Serial No. 280.547. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, JAMES T. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an umbrella or parasol band and fastening device; and it consists of an improvement in a similar device for which Letters Patent No. 353,764 were-- granted me December 7, 1886.

My invention is also applicable as a fastening for umbrella-cases, (or outside-cover fastener,) gloves, pocket-books, garters, suspenders, due.

In the patent mentioned the fastening consists of an eyelet having a central flange, a pin rising above the flange, and an open knob or projection extending below the flange, in combination with a cap or cover for the said pin consisting of a central eyeletstem having a bottom flange, and of a rounded portion composed of a piece of metal with the edges cut in sections over the edge ofan interior metal ring. It is in changes of these parts that my improvements consist. They areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1, 2, and 3 are respectively top, sectional, and detail views of the eyelet, washer, and pin; Figs. 4, 5, 6, similar views of the cover or clasp; and Fig. 7, a view in section of the fastener applied to an unrbrellaband.

Referring to the drawings, A is the eyelet, provided with a flange, B, the upperside of which is convex and the under side concave. a is the pin portion,which may be either solid or split and which has a swell or projection, a around the top. 1

B is a central ring having an open stem, B extending into the washer 0. This washer G has an upward-projecting rim, 0, which is adapted to extend into the concavity b of the part B. The clasp portion is composed of three pieces of metal stamped into the shape shown, one part, D, being open and rounded and convex, its under portion concave, the second part, D, provided with a stem, (1, and the third part is a ring-washer, E, convex on its upper face and concave on its lower face. As I have said, this fastener may be applied to other articles; but I have shown it applied to an umbrella or parasol band. In so applying it the eyelet stem B is put through one end of theband and then through the lower washer, O, and then the ends of the stem pinched down and over the concave edges of the washer. In applying the clasp portion to the band the stem d is passed through the band and the ring E and clinched into the concave side of the ring. The ends of the band are united by forcing the open clasp D over the pin. The pin having the slight swell at the end holds the clasp firmly in place. The advantages of having the parts convex and concave, as above described, are that the respective parts are held together and to the material much better, closer, tighter, and more smoothly,

and present a neater and more attractive appearance.

What I claim isl. The eyelet A, provided with a flange, B, the upper side of which is convex and the under side concave, and a pin portion, a, having the swell a in combination withthe ring B, and the washer 0, having the upper projecting rim, 0, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The clasp portion composed of the open piece D,with rounded upper face and concave lower face, and the part D, provided with the stem (i in combination with the ring E, having an upper convex and lower concave face, substantially as described.

3. A fastener composed of the eyelet portion A, provided with a flange, B, the upper side of which is convex and the under side concave, a pin portion, a,which may be either solid or split and which has a swell or projection, a around the top, in combination with a central ring, B, having an open stem, 13*, a washer, G, into which the stem B extends, having an upward-projeeting rim, 0, adapted to extend into the concavity of the part B,

and the clasp portion composed of three parts, In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in one part, D, being open and rounded and conpresence of witnesses. vex and its under portion concave, and the J AMES T. SMITH. seeondpart, D, provided with a stem, d), and Vitnesses: 5 the third part a ring or washer convex on its E. MAWI-IINNEY,

upper face and concave on its lower face, sub- \VM. S. MARSH, stantially as described. F. L. LAFLIN. 

